bulrush
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bulrush
- /ˈbʊlɹʌʃ/
Where it comes from
From Middle English bulrish, perhaps from bule (“bull”) (in the sense of "large") + rish (“rush”).
noun bulrushes · bullrush
- A plant referred to in the story of Moses as growing along the banks of the Nile, which is believed to be the papyrus (Cyperus papyrus). “I am waited for in Egypt,” answered the Swallow. “To-morrow my friends will fly up to the Second Cataract. The river-horse couches there among the bulrushes, and on a great granite throne sits the God Memnon.”
- Any of various tall, narrow-leaved plants growing near water, especially cattail or reedmace, in the genus Typha.
- Sedges in the genera Bolboschoenus or Schoenoplectus (formerly considered Scirpus), having clusters of spikelets.
- Any of various reed-like plants growing near water, especially Typha domingensis and Typha orientalis; cumbungi, wonga. Explorers Eyre, Kreft, and George Moore all refer to the importance of bulrush starch in different parts of the continent.
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Talk about this word "bulrush." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bulrush. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bulrush. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bulrush "bulrush." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bulrush.Cite this
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